My last trip to friendship I picked up a wooden box that housed 20 plastic vials and stoppers used for holding pre-measured charges. I really liked the concept and it proved useful in my timed fire relays and targets. I thought that I could also use them to hold various pre-measured charges for testing - measure them all out at home and carry them to the range to shoot. So I ordered 100 extra vials from a source on eBay for $15 and change - shipping and all.
When they came in they were too long to close the lid to the box! So I thought I'd trim them down to proper length.... All 100 of em!
I wanted to use a scroll saw but I dont own one and didn't find one to borrow. I used a coping saw instead and had to hold the vials snug in a jig. These saw left the lengths inconsistent and rough. I found that the vials fit nicely into a .45 colt casing and chucked the two into a case trimmer and uniformed the lengths of the vials. To clean up the edges where shaved plastic was still flakey and intact I used a chamfering tool.
The vials came out clean cut and uniform in the proper length as if they came that way from the factory.
When they came in they were too long to close the lid to the box! So I thought I'd trim them down to proper length.... All 100 of em!
I wanted to use a scroll saw but I dont own one and didn't find one to borrow. I used a coping saw instead and had to hold the vials snug in a jig. These saw left the lengths inconsistent and rough. I found that the vials fit nicely into a .45 colt casing and chucked the two into a case trimmer and uniformed the lengths of the vials. To clean up the edges where shaved plastic was still flakey and intact I used a chamfering tool.
The vials came out clean cut and uniform in the proper length as if they came that way from the factory.
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